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Matt D

7 months

When I started to watch the French Catch footage in 2020, I posted a bunch of gifs on DVDVR. I figure I'll start posting them with some context at around one a day. It was striking to see timid Lord Alfred as a beast, a Backlund/Brock combo. Here he's taking Guy Robin's head off.

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2 months

On Will Ospreay, last night's match, and selling.

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24 days

You mean the Hogan/Piper spot to open a match.

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Wrestling should retire the Frye/Takayama spot to open a match. We don't ever need to see that again.

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You learn so much about AEW wrestlers by how they fill time in the spot-absent PiPs. Roddy improvising that he couldn't find a table to get heat with the annoying crowd was way more compelling pro wrestling than meticulously choreographed and perfectly executed reversal fests.

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When I was a kid, feuds were so rigid that very few wrestlers interacted with one another. As a fan, you wanted to know what they thought of everything going on, for wrestling to feel like a unified and vibrant world. What I’m trying to say is that we need “Eddie’s Den” weekly.

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As he continues to recover from injury. Eddie Kingston wants to know if Bryan Danielson really still has the FIRE needed to conquer the #AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland at #AEWAllInLondon ! Watch #AEWCollision LIVE on TNT! @bryandanielson

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3 months

This is one of the most amazing single minutes in pro wrestling history.

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This cuts off before the stretcher job, but this blew my mind the first time I saw it. 1980 rookie Barry Windham getting absolutely destroyed by a more monstrous version of Don Muraco than you could possibly imagine. Absolute must-watch can't-look-away massacre.

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2 months

Bash tour, June 10, 1987. Pittsburgh. Dusty is magic. Dusty is wonder. Dusty is wrestling.

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Five years in, on the verge of another All In and maybe a clear path forward, on AEW and what it represents.

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On alignment issues in 2024 AEW storytelling (Hopefully constructive criticism attempted in good faith; no really).

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Top 5 AEW Comp Tapes I would have purchased twenty years ago from TuCold Video or some similar sounding trader: - Athena in ROH - Collision Tag Team Main Events - Orange Cassidy: Summer 2022 - Fall 2023 - Darby Allin vs people >50 pounds heavier - Serpentico on Dark/Elevation

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Amazing sequence from 82 Andre where he sells the impact of something without Fujinami even making contact with him. This takes such confidence and presence and understanding of himself, his opponent, the crowd. And of course, he knows exactly when and how to shut it all down.

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Not going to lie. This is some of the best stuff I've ever seen Bruiser Brody involved in. It's all over the top but in the most iconic of ways. Repressive beating. Tangible dread as the table gets involved. Punch-drunk comeback by Murdoch as blood flies and the crowd goes wild.

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Gorilla Monsoon and Andre the Giant don the gloves for maybe a less than regulation boxing match in 1977 Puerto Rico. Andre's selling is amazing and Gorilla's wildly theatrical here. Incredible talents doing incredible things in front of an incredible crowd.

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Some things are worth the watermark. Here we have Piper and Orton (and Haku) in 1985 Kuwait in one of the most "Puerto Rico" styled WWF brawls you'll see as they go all over. It's a wild scene.

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One of my favorite minutes in all of pro wrestling history. It speaks for itself.

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A fifteen second play in which Masked Superstar experiences deep, emotionally scarring regret from his attempt to put Andre the Giant in a full nelson.

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Amazing stuff. Vulcano loses his cool and tears off Villano's mask. Then, between falls, he rips it off again, tearing it up. So a kid comes from the stands to give Villano his shirt to cover up. When Villano storms back later, he has the shirt around his hand for his punches.

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This seems like it'd also be mid-93 to later in the year during the Blue Panther/Destructores feud era. Haven't gotten around to watching but definitely new.

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2 months

This 1975 Baba vs Dick the Bruiser match is shocking as most Bruiser footage has him as a tough, Popeye-esque face, not not unyielding and brutal like here. It's not the best 70s Baba match, but it's a favorite, especially this comeback. You'll never see Baba chops the same way.

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4 months

We talk about Buzz Sawyer's power slam, but look at this "power scoop slam." Check out the way he kicks out his back leg and turns to the side making the combined length of the two bodies as big as possible to create the greatest visual impact. Even if it's instinct, it's great.

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14 days

Flair vs Valentine from 1980 from Norfolk, broken up but man do you ever get the idea? The bits of babyface Flair we have from later in the decade really don't capture just how over and fiery he was here. That Wooo! as he has the armbar 25 seconds in is absolutely primal stuff.

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4 months

Maeda vs Fujiwara '87. The greatest offensive wrestler of his generation vs the greatest defensive wrestler of all time. For twenty minutes, Maeda presses him into the corner repeatedly. Each encounter is gripping: discipline, technique, violence. Until finally, Fujiwara strikes.

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1 month

People may disagree with me but after having rushed through the matches on vacation, I think a great way to get into All Japan (70s but not just) is to go through the 10 match Jumbo Tsuruta test series. Here's a thread of the matches, including one that wasn't online.

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5 months

Tiger Mask doing Tiger Mask things. This was one of his rarer bits. Scorpio is one of the only other guys I can think that used this Slingshot 450 with any regularity, and I think maybe it fits his style and way of moving a little better. But A+ for experimentation from Sayama.

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In case anyone ever wanted to see Mr. Fuji demolish Abdullah the Butcher (and Tor Kamata) with shall we say bombastic yet very over 1980 Pro Wrestling martial arts skills...

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The crux of what makes wrestling amazing is in the transitions, the built up pressure/payoff of momentum shifting, be it a hot tag in a southern tag or implicit stone sharpening stone in an All Japan classic. Action is the means, not the end. Value the emotion not the sensation.

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This actively discourages people from learning about, seeking out and engaging with wrestling's rich history. There is so much wonderful wrestling out there to see. Seek it out. Learn about the legends of the past. Don't let their great work fade into obscurity.

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1 month

Maybe the greatest single moment in pro wrestling history. MS-1 vs Sangre Chicana 9/23/83. After bloody, grueling minutes of MS-1 engaging in a one-sided mauling, Chicana finds the strength to hit a punch heard 'round the world. It builds and builds and builds to this explosion.

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4 months

As a lifelong message board poster, tweets are hard, but explaining Jumbo/Tenryu is easy: Jumbo was the paragon of a classic style. Choshu infected AJPW with violence. Tenryu fell to it first. Jumbo refused to admit his own lust for violence and adulation. Tenryu saw through him.

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29 days

Danielson vs Swerve: on storytelling both before a match and within, yes, but also on engaging with a match like this and just how hard, how rewarding, and how personal it can be.

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2 months

First exchanges of a 71 Inoki vs Murdoch match. They spent the next ten minutes working tight and close on the mat but these early, wild bursts really show the energy that they could both unleash when the time was right that made them special among their peers.

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1 month

Conventional (workrate) wisdom is wrong. Stalling (in general) and Zbyszko (in specific) are not lazy. This contains effort and effect. He is "on" every second, building and building potential energy and anticipation for when Stevens does get him. This is valid, artful wrestling.

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2 months

Conventional wisdom is very useful. It’s a starting point, a baseline. In this day and age where footage is at your fingertips, you have the luxury of pushing off of the old dogmas and discovering your own truth. Follow your passions. Trust your heart and your mind. Be bold.

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2 months

Luger is one of those wrestlers who I grew up a fan of then "learned from smarter people" that he wasn't actually good but then when I really grew up realized those "smarter people" were wrong about many things, especially Lex Luger who was an awesome wrestler. Matches to watch:

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4 months

Getting a jump on 6/5/89's party. The opening exchange. Title matches have norms, but Jumbo strikes first, goes for jumping knee; Tenryu is ready. Jumbo's hypocrisy burns bright: shock at "Tenryu's choice" to escalate over wrestling honorably. Tenryu, stoic, knows Jumbo's heart.

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5 months

A terrible villain. A noble knight. Inoki got it like almost no one else. He got in his own way plenty due to ego and human weakness, but when he on, he was tapped into what made pro wrestling special and there was almost no one better.

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8 months

Antonio Inoki's answer to the "Is pro wrestling predetermined?" question in a Russian interview from November 1988.

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Matt D

4 months

This is blurry found footage horror. This is Andre the Giant as gleefully imposing as ever. Kimura was fairly established by this point. Andre bounces him up by his tights as if they inhabited a world of cartoon physics. You can imagine the sound effects. Are you not entertained?

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25 days

Celebrating Stan Hansen at age 75 with a brisk 45 seconds from 1980 of him absolutely demolishing Kido and Eigen at the same time in a handicap match. I love how casually he integrates the ring bell to devastating effect. Also the quick hands as Eigen comes at him. What a guy.

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3 months

Stan Hansen does this so naturally and casually. This was the specific thing he was born to do. He was put on this earth to do this to young Taue's skull with a chair that he all but magically made appear in his hand.

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1 month

There's something about Dusty in the 70s that's even more magical than the 80s version we're more used to. Here ('79) he takes out two guys with just his fist and his elbow and his ability to flow with the music only he can hear but that every one of us can see as we watch him.

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30 days

It's very important everyone hears this message from November 2001 Bryan Danielson. It's perfect for this moment.

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29 days

I can't imagine anything less fair than having to face Sid Vicious and Stan Hansen at once.

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14 days

On how it's ok (within reason) to celebrate AEW's (hopefully impending) success (even if you're only benefiting indirectly at most).

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2 months

Obviously we're lucky to have as much Dusty footage as we do, but I wish we either had more heel Texas Outlaws footage or that he had another heel run at some point later on. Look at how he moves and ducks and hides and feeds for Bruiser and Crusher. You don't want to look away.

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4 months

Slow-Mo of 1976 Jumbo hitting the most amazing Missile Dropkick on Chris Taylor.

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Matt D

4 months

A thread of all of the great Fujiwara counters and reversals from the 9/17/87 NEW vs NOW 5x5 Elimination Match. First, a dragon screw on Takada to get out of the opposing corner (1/10).

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6 months

Just Jushin Liger doing Rick Rude's Rick Rude to Rick Rude

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Matt D

2 months

Jumbo Test Series Match 1 (Verne). People joke about how early 90s Jumbo worked a knucklelock/surfboard battle into all his matches. Given how intense it is here, you can see why he clung to it. This gives a taste of the sheer effort and engagement at play (watch their faces).

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Matt D

2 months

Ended up out of the circle today. Lots of kind words, deeply appreciated. Lots of now muted people, less appreciated. We write a lot about wrestling. Here's the last few months of AEW writing in a (slightly) more readable format (sorry for the screenshot).

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3 months

I read the WON review; complaints about "rest holds." I wish I could show you the effort and strain so you could see for yourself. Much of modern wrestling is worse off due to decades of that mindset. From earlier in 87, an example that gives you an idea. Look at their faces!

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3 months

I rewatched the Island Death match (Saito vs Inoki - 87) as I had never seen it in full context. I'm struggling to write about it, but this maybe captures it better than words. Most wrestling can only hope to capture a tiny fraction of such earnestness and emotional resonance.

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5 months

This is the way you start a five vs five elimination tag. It's downright criminal how little Hoshino footage we have compared to everyone else. Just look at them scrap! Look at how into it Inoki is!

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24 days

Take that TV Asahi! You can’t take down my blurry live picture of Hechicero and Virus in a New Japan ring. You don’t own pro wrestling! You’re not the boss of me! I’m promoting your stuff and you can’t stop me this time! #njcapital

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4 months

It's hard to explain the greatness of Tenryu/Hansen vs Rusher/Baba. You have to experience it. For instance, this doesn't look like much but it was a meaningful hope spot/cut off. The fans reacted just to Rusher trying for a headbutt and then Tenryu stopped it like only he could.

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@KamitronPTW If we go to 10,000, he’s definitely president in one.

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4 months

When you are young, you find Sayama flipping over the top rope amazing. As you age, you come to realize that what is even more amazing is shutting down Fujiwara's comeback headbutts with one of the most shocking punches in wrestling history and then dropping a knee on his skull.

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5 months

Tiger Mask doing Tiger Mask things. This was one of his rarer bits. Scorpio is one of the only other guys I can think that used this Slingshot 450 with any regularity, and I think maybe it fits his style and way of moving a little better. But A+ for experimentation from Sayama.

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2 months

Been a frustrating day seeing people not even try to understand how older art might be superior (incl. in ways now lost). More Jumbo test match 1 vs Verne (76). There's valor/gravitas in an airplane spin escape and agony/tragedy in Jumbo being too dazed to immediately capitalize.

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1 month

PiP has been a boon to the house style. It forces slower, more methodological/purposeful heat into almost every match when natural inclinations may be to run 50/50 spotfests. Wrestling is fueled by heat; the live crowd is thereby taken up and down and up again; matches mean more.

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I like the WWF Garvin vs Valentine feud as much as anyone but we were absolutely robbed of more of this heel Garvin/Gary Hart act. So smarmy. So matter-of-fact. So good. This is from the 88 Bash. Pre-Match he and Hart get a ton of heat in easy ways.

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Sid Vicious (as Vicious Warrior) vs Riki Choshu in 89. He spent the whole match using the claw, and Choshu bled buckets. The world seems to stop as he stands tall on the first lariat. Choshu, blood dripping down his face, definitely made this seem like a victory worth winning.

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2 months

1969, Baba vs Monsoon. Worth noting for Monsoon's agility, timing, and physical charisma evident in just these few seconds and the nice little sense of struggle between the two of them leading up to the bump. @BrianRSolomon

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If you believe in pro wrestling, pro wrestling will believe in you. And no one believes in pro wrestling more than Bryan Danielson.

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25 years & one of the most storied legacies in professional wrestling. At #AEWAllInLondon , @BryanDanielson puts his career on the line for a chance at the #AEW World Title. Will 25 August 2024 be the Final Countdown for Danielson? Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS!

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Here's the end of a match with (young) Maeda from 83. Orndorff had just hit the pile driver but Maeda had gotten his leg on his rope. Great stooging, giving, selfless performance by Orndorff. Maeda didn't always match up well against Americans but these two had a great match.

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Hey friends, we're going to follow every Paul Orndorff fan who is #1derful enough to share this & follow his legacy account! YouTube, Dailymotion, IG, Merch: Thanks for the inspiration @realLeilaniKai ! #Follow4Follow #FridayFollow

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2 months

More 77 Piper in NJPW vs Inoki. The viciousness as he drives the elbow past the head. The great charging bulldog into the corner. Going for it again and getting caught. Waving his feet in the atomic drop and then the bounce. Screaming in the Octopus. Just a great half minute.

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3 months

In case anyone ever wondered why Maeda had such an attitude with Andre in 86, here's the two of them in 83.

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For the record, I didn't have faith. However, I did have hope. And that's on me.

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A thread of inspiration (and aspiration) for @The_MJF on the eve of All In. Do our country proud. Show them that the timeless power of pro wrestling is still vibrant and strong, even in 2024.

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In which I try to do justice to Bryan Danielson vs Jeff Jarrett and attempt to encapsulate just what they were able to accomplish and why it was so unique and remarkable.

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Out of this world Piper performance (9/1/84), creating motion for Andre, reacting to everything that happens, stalling (had to cut some of that out; I know, not like me but the entire match is worth tracking down). Andre was larger than life but Piper made him seem triply so.

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4 months

You know what never gets old? This. This never gets old. Here it's Takada who goes for just one too many kicks and pays for it dearly. Kido would just take you down. Fujiwara would make it look like you'd never walk again.

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2 months

Normally I like to give people context on these. Not this time. You get absolutely no context and you'll have to live with it. Enjoy.

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4 months

6/5/89 post-match. Watch Jumbo, his physical tension. A mythic figure, larger than life, full of emotions that most wrestling can barely imagine let alone tap into. Begrudging respect. The need to snatch a moral victory. Impatience. Frustration. A man lost, denied a lifeline.

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2 months

One of my favorite exchanges in 90s Lucha: Mocho Cota vs King Haku. This is the sort of stuff people were undervaluing in the 90s when they going on about Rey vs Psicosis/focusing on AAA instead of CMLL (And I love Rey vs Psicosis, but this is great too! Lucha is multifaceted!).

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@tapemachines Bo, like other early NXT pipeline wrestlers, was a victim of having his full arc complete by the time he was called up. He organically leaned into his overpush as a face to become a heel. Not enough eyes saw it to transfer to the main roster but they couldn’t just redo the cycle.

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Greatest irredeemable in-ring villains in wrestling: Satanico, Lasartesse, Delaporte/Bollet, Dump, Breaks, Tully, Chicky, Blassie. All true joys to watch for their outright villainy, even if it manifests differently in each and across different styles, territories, and eras.

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Last match in the Jumbo Test Series. 1/5/79 vs Fritz. They had waited for Bruno but it wasn't meant to be. It's absolutely mad to see 79 Fritz as basically Tiger Jeet Singh with the claw as the most fearsome move imaginable. What a terrifying maniac.

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3 months

Tully Blanchard, pro wrestling genius, even in 1995 facing Fujinami. Poor ref had no idea he was about to become an accessory to chicanery.

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3 months

How tough is Stan Hansen? He's so tough that he tells the ref to ask if Takano wants to quit while Takano has HIM in a headlock. That's how tough he is. (I don't want to hear that there could be another possibility; I instead choose to believe that Hansen is just this tough).

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3 months

Sometimes pro wrestling is a capoeira guy taking a massive gorilla press slam over the top rope from a mummy and then rolling down the ramp so we can get the visual of him being a symbolic sacrifice in front of said mummy's sarcophagus. Sometimes pro wrestling is the best.

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7 months

@allan_cheapshot Totally valid post for three years ago, but we know a lot more about David Smith-Larsen/Batman now! We've got a bunch of his matches. This was his signature counter. It's awesome:

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@StevenTDennis Did he think that Arthur might just use the answer for drugs?

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2 months

You can see Buddy Rose was great by watching any random match or his best ones (Martel, Piper, Hennig, Rockers) but you can only understand his absolute brilliance by watching him week after week in front of the same crowd against varying levels of talent. We have the footage!

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Buddy Rose has a 5.96 on Cagematch. One of the most egregiously low ratings I've ever seen.

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Backlund vs Patterson is one of the best "Escape the Cage" cage matches ever. A big chunk of that was Patterson (if you believe his claims) telling Backlund that he was really going to try to escape in order to force Bob to stop him at all costs. That crimson mask doesn't hurt.

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4 months

Another example of Fujiwara being the best, most interesting, most credible defensive pro wrestler ever. Sometimes, such as here after he survives Maeda's (undeniably dangerous) approach into the corner and works around him, the payoff is wonderful, merciless violence.

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Two minutes of Harley Race going above and beyond, making the most of one big bump, and having perfect timing, and Ricky Steamboat being the most electric babyface in the world as the fans go nuts.

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3 months

The 86 Hansen vs Gordy match. Right after this, Gordy bleeds like a maniac. I can't really think of any other pair of wrestlers in history that could do this spot quite like this. I swear that the sheer gravity of Hansen brings the ropes closer to him just by him reaching out.

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4 months

As someone with an academic background in history, I can fairly safely say that this 1984 left-handed arm-tied arm wrestling match was a key turning point in the cold war. Ivan called this "capitalistic propaganda." Dusty's facial contortions - not much leaves me speechless but..

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Orndorff is great here stooging and feeding for David, but watch Heenan and Bruno on the margins. You just see Bobby tumble from the side of the screen and then the arms flailing upwards as Bruno even threatens to come towards him. Amazing.

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26 days

There comes a time for every wrestling fan to leave conventional wisdom behind, brave the crucible of footage, work out what moves them. Maybe they confirm their priors. That’s ok. But maybe they realize there’s so much more out there to love. This thread is the place to start.

@elliottswrstlin

elliottswrestlingtwiter

@elliottswrstlin

26 days

Junkyard Dog is one of the most important figures over the last 50 years of wrestling. Someone who truly transcended wrestling & became a cultural icon in his time & place. Most remember his later years or not at all. Remember him as a legend. Match Recommendations:

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@MattD2A

Matt D

1 month

A thread of inspiration (and aspiration) for @The_MJF on the eve of All In. Do our country proud. Show them that the timeless power of pro wrestling is still vibrant and strong, even in 2024.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

2 months

Niche post but I’ve been watching the Jumbo Tsuruta trial series in order. I suggest others do the same. After seeing the effort and struggle for every move in the 76 matches (Verne, Robinson, Funk), seeing Race throw away big moves early for cheap sensation is very aggravating.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

2 months

Leaned hard into this review of Page vs Danielson (w/Jarrett) with my heart on my sleeve: story vs plot; character motivations; Page (who I am traditionally critical of) in July of 2024; the match itself and how it all comes together. Thoughts are welcome.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

5 months

Fujiwara coming out for the August 1987 5x5 NOW vs NEW match. The little breath to show he's human. The little look as he takes the flowers. The complete indifference that follows. He doesn't hesitate. He doesn't miss a beat. Just steady, fluid motion that tells a thousand tales.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

2 months

The best use of lore that I’ve come across in pro wrestling is the idea that Jumbo Tsuruta successfully mastered “the four different types of suplexes” in the 70s. They made it seem like a mythic accomplishment but it was all based in-ring and grounded in the wrestling itself.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

3 months

I’m a firm believer that some promoter is going to make major money on Connelly’s eyes alone someday. They contain multitudes of pro wrestling stories, complex or primal, just waiting to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

@mdcon420

MAD DOG CONNELLY

3 months

RED EYES, TIRED MIND

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@MattD2A

Matt D

6 months

One #ACTIONDean thought: True confidence/ presence up and down the card. Slim J and Priest paced themselves for real build in an age of instant gratification. Sucklings let themselves be reviled so VIP could be LOD. Corino committed to the headlock. Wrestling works if you let it.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

3 months

Anyone interested in seeing 1981 Jumbo and Tenryu vs Bobby Heenan and Larry Zbyszko?

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Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Bobby Heenan & Larry Zbyszko

July 4, 1981

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@MattD2A

Matt D

3 months

@FejdaszRichard Fair question! It may have something to do with this.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

22 days

Exceeded my expectations. If this seems at all your thing, I can assure you it is absolutely your thing. If you can't find elements of greatness in this (even if not your thing), then your views of pro wrestling are sadly limited. Hot crowd. Hard hitting. Studd's career match.

@maskedwrestlers

Richard Land

@maskedwrestlers

24 days

While today is very much a good day to talk about wrestling in Germany….. I converted the VHS tape today with Big John Studd vs Otto Wanz in Germany from December 1983… 49 minutes for just this match (including the intros)! Great to watch with some Fish & Chips!

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@MattD2A

Matt D

5 months

We lost DEAN a year ago today. #ACTIONDean was a month ago. Phil, Eric, and Matt (and EVERYONE there) made something truly special. It took me a while to find the words to write up the show. For as good as it was, it was tough to write about, but worth it.

@WrestleACTION1

ACTION Wrestling

@WrestleACTION1

6 months

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@MattD2A

Matt D

19 days

Just to give people a sense of what they're missing if they're not following along with what @maskedwrestlers is up to, here's Caswell Martin escaping from Dave Morgan.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

2 months

Wherein Andre the Giant murders a Strong Machine.

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@MattD2A

Matt D

2 months

The 2nd Jumbo test match vs Rusher Kimura. Strike exchanges today don't like this. They react. Jumbo was just 25. Rusher was ten years his senior and a star. This was Rusher feeling him out. Verne took him to the mat and tested his skill. Rusher was testing his spirit, his fire.

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